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True, don't believe everything you read or hear. A large dose of "common sense" has to be part of anyone's decision to believe and for sure for acting on someone's advice. Especially when there is a dollar amount attached to that advice.

Excellent advice. There are so many "authorities" who are not. But, they speak with such authority that less cynical people (or old or vulnerable) people believe them, to their detriment. It is frightening.